20 ROBSON QUALITY SEED, HALL, NEW YORK 

HEAD LETTUCE 
Vitamins abcg 
Pkt. should produce 200 plants 
1 oz. should produce 3,000 plants 
Head lettuce in most sections does not head well in the heat of the summer. 
Best results are obtained when 
seed is sown inside about March 15th and transplanted to open ground May Ist to 15th. Set plants 12 to 16 
inches apart in 18 inch rows. 
May King is a small, sure heading lettuce suitable for the home garden. 
Great Lakes and Cornell 456 are 
commercial iceberg type varieties that are especially resistant to tip-burn and are bred to head better under hot 
weather conditions than will Imperial 44. 
ally adapted to upland soils. 

( rowers have found that our strain of Cornell 456 lettuce is especi- 
ally adapted to the muck sections of the Northeast; the heads are 
more compact and uniform. 
230 GREAT LAKES: 86 days. Plants are large and 
vigorous; head of good size and attractive dark green 
color. Leaves wrap very tightly around the head. 
Pkt. 20c; % oz. 40c; oz. 65c; 4% Ib. $1.85; % lb. 
$3.25; lb. $5.50; 10 lbs. $54.00. 
233 IMPERIAL No. 44: 82 days. <A variety having 
long, well folded leaves and hard, well formed heads. 
This variety heads well in warm weather and is 
resistant to tip burn. Pkt. 15c; % oz. 25c; oz. 40c; 
\% |b. $1.10; % Ib. $1.95; Ib. $3.35; 10 lbs. $32.50. 
Great Lakes produces a larger plant than Cornell 456 and is especi- 
232 CORNELL 456: 82 days. Developed by the 
United States Department of Agriculture and Cor- 
nell University, Cornell 456 has proven very sure 
heading when grown in the East during the summer 
months. Frame and head slightly smaller than 
Great Lakes and of lighter green color. Resistant 
to tip burn and early bolting. Pkt. 20c; % oz. 45c; 
oz. 75c; % lb. $2.00; % Ib. $3.50; Ib. $6.00; 10 Ibs. 
$59.00. 
234 WHITE BOSTON: 76 days. A butterhead type 
that has taken the place of Big Boston. Leaves are 
smooth and straight on the edges. Plant and head 
entirely light green; heart buttery yellow. Pkt. 10c; 
Y% oz. 20c; oz. 30c; % Ib. 70c; % Ib. $1.25; Ib. 
$2.15; 10 Ibs. $20.50. 
240 COS or ROMAINE, White Paris Self Folding: 
70 days. A medium large, well blanched, firm, loaf 
shaped head. Leaves are oval in form, flat and 
smooth; color medium dark green. Good quality. 
Pkt. 10c; % oz. 20c; oz. 30c; % lb. 70c; % Ib. 
$1.25; lb. $2.15; 10 lbs. $20.50. 
*«231 MAY KING: 66 days. An early butterhead 
lettuce. Plants small, allowing very close planting, 
light green tinged slightly with brown. Head 
medium small, round, firm; interior rich golden yel- 
low, buttery, and of splendid quality. Pkt. 10c; 
¥% oz. 20c; oz. 30c; % lb. 85c; % Ib. $1.50; Ib. 
$2.55; 10 lbs. $24.50. 
LEAF LETTUCE 
Vitamins A b C g 
Pkt. will sow 50 ft. row 
Leaf lettuce may be sown in open ground as soon as soil can be worked. Sow seed % inch deep and thin 
to 6 inches. 
Additional plantings may be made at three week intervals throughout the season. 
Bronze Beauty is a new All-America lettuce, having received the 1947 Bronze Medal. 
Bronze Beauty is 
an oak-leaf type which has always been associated with high quality. 
We have tested Slobolt and find that it does remain in edible condition longer than other varieties. 
recommend that you also try Slobolt. 
We 
Black Seeded Simpson is the standard green variety for the home garden, while most market gardeners seem 
to prefer Grand Rapids, especially for greenhouse culture. 
Prizehead is very fine quality but its brown color confines its use to the home garden. 
*«220 BLACK SEEDED SIMPSON: 45 days. Plants 
are large, attractive, compact, with broad, frilled 
light green leaves that are of fine crisp texture and 
splendid quality. Too tender for forcing under glass 
for market. Pkt. 10c; % oz. 20c; oz. 35c; % Ib. 
75c; % lb. $1.30; lb. $2.25; 10 lbs. $21.50. 
221 GRAND RAPIDS: 42 days. Plants are large, 
upright, compact and bright solid light green. 
Leaves are large, broad, tender, and the margin 
much waved and frilled. Pkt. 10c; % oz. 20c; oz. 
arises Ibs 75c: 34 -1b.5 $1530:4be 62.2548 10.1bs: 
21.50. 
223 SLOBOLT: 45 days. A strain of Grand Rapids 
type selected for its slow bolting character. Similar 
to Grand Rapids in appearance and quality. Pkt. 
20c; % oz. 45c; oz. 70c; % Ib. $1.50; % lb. $2.65; 
Ib. $4.50; 10 lbs. $44.00. 
*222 PRIZEHEAD: 48 days. Plants are medium 
large, strictly loose-leaf. Leaves are broad, crum- 
pled and frilled. Outside leaves are tinged with red, 
inner leaves wholly green; very crisp, sweet and 
tender. Pkt. 10c; % oz. 20c; oz. 35c; % lb. 75c; 
¥% Ib. $1.30; lb. $2.25; 10 Ibs. $21.50. 
224 BRONZE BEAUTY: 42 days. A crisp, tender 
lettuce with an unusually tasty nut-like flavor. 
Plants are vigorous, well formed, and uniform in 
height. Leaves are long, neatly arched with margins 
deeply lobed and scalloped. Their color is a ruddy 
bronze. Pkt. 25c:"%, oz. /0¢: oz., $1525. 
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“May I tell you that you have the best early corn seed that is 
ee W. F. Thorne 
Box 243 
Simcoe, Ontario, Canada 
